Ehode island



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W. E. BARBER.

REI'N HOLDER.

No. 334,067. Patented Jan. 12, 1886.

STATES XVILLIAM E. BARBER, OF \VYOMIN G, RHODE ISLAND.

REIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,067, dated January 12, 1886.

Application filed September 23, 1885. Serial No. 177,892.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. BARBER, of \Vyoming, county of Washington, Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rein-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to accompanying drawings, making part of the same.

These improvements relate to that class of rein-holders in which a spring is provided to hold by pressure and friction the reins introduced beneath or behind it.

My invention is embodied in a rein-holder having one or two springs, each carrying at its free end a wheel or roller journaled in the tip of the spring, and serving to facilitate the insertion of the reins laterally behind the spring, as well as to prevent articles from catching thereon.

My invention also includes a spring-clamp and set-screw for holding and removing the device without injury to the dash-board, and also a match-lighting plate or surface on the holding device.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improvement as in actual use. Fig. 2 is an end view of-the device detached, and Fig. 3 a top View of another form screwed to the inner face of the dash.

A is the body or base of the rein-holder, to be secured to the dash in some suitable manner, and preferably on or near its upper edge, as shown.

B is a boss or protuberance on the body, to which the holding-spring O is secured. This spring may be either double or sing1e-that is, each rein B may be held separately by one end of the double spring, as in Fig. l, or both may beheld together by a single spring, as provided for in Fig. 3. Either end of the double spring may, however, hold them both, if desired.

The reins are introduced beneath the spring by a sidewise movement, and to facilitate this 1 curve the spring 0 outwardly at its extremity, slot it at that point, as at D, and mount a small roller, G, in such slot on a pivot, F, journaled in the tip of the spring. In this position the wheel or roller, projecting onehalf its diameter through the spring, guides the reins R to place under the spring, which is lifted slightly. The wheel serves also as a circular fender to keep robes, garments, 850., from catching on the end of the spring.

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The base A may be recessed-to receive the edge of the wheel G, as indicated in Fig. 3, and

as the pull upon the reins is transverse to the spring this recess with the wheel therein helps to resist this transverse strain.

The device may be screwed to the inner face of the dash-board, as shown in Fig. 3; but I prefer to place it on the upper edge thereof, as in Fig. 1, and to hold it removably thereon by a set-screw, E, bearing against a spring-c1amp, H, as shown in Fig. 2. This prevents injury to the dash from the screw-point, and the spring-pressure keeps the screw from rattling out. It may, however, be headed or enlarged at its tips-after insertion to prevent loss.

I roughen a portion of the exterior of the base A to form a suitable surface for igniting matches by friction, as denoted at J, Fig 1. This feature will be found very convenientfor smokers, and will facilitate lighting the carriage-lamps while driving, since the reins may be held by the springs while the driver employs both hands in lighting his cigar or the lamp.

Having thus described my improved reinholder, I claim 1. The base A, provided with suitable means for securing it in position, in combination with the spring Oand the wheel or roller G, mounted in the tip of the spring, substantially as set forth.

2. The base A and slotted spring 0, in combination with the wheel G, mounted for rotation in said slot at the tip of the spring, the base being recessed to receive the edge of the wheel, substantially as set forth.

3. The base A, spring 0, and wheel G, pivoted at the tip of the spring, in combination with the clamp H and set-screw E, substantially as set forth.

4. As a new-article of manufacture, the

rein-holder herein described, consisting of the body or base A, roughened externally, as at J, Fig. 1, having the clamping means E H, and provided with the holding-springs 0, having terminal wheels G, substantially as and for the purposes. herein set forth.

WILLIAM E. BARBER.

Witnesses:

HOWARD B. PERRY, JOHN G. PERRY. 

